A bit of birding and a bit of ringing in and around everyones favourite holiday destination..... Weymouth!

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Where do I start!

Well, there’s been long distance twitching,

There’s been doorstep twitching,

There’s been pulli ringing,

Though some a bit big to ring!

I’d better back track. The first shot is of ’the’ Cream
coloured Courser which of course isn’t a type of car (that jokes been done to
death). I say ‘the’ as by now any respectable birder and many readers of this
blog would have heard about this bird which was present in Herefordshire for a
few days a week or so ago. The twitch was a rather epic one and thanks to Brett
for putting his ace driving skills to good use. We got there with just a glimmer
of sun left but the long journey was worth it! My photo’s don’t do it justice
so you’ll just have to trust me when I say it was a real stunner! This shot
shows how close the bird was to Wales.

A rather atmospheric shot of Brett taking in the stunning
Herefordshire countryside which was all around us.

The ‘doorstep’ twitch concerned a Great Reed Warbler which
sang at Radipole for a few days and the rather loud croaky song was audible
from my bedroom window! Not bad eh?

Recent ringing has been largely restricted to pulli
(chicks). Plenty of tit pulli plus a few Pied Wagtail and Blackbirds which is
the rather ugly looking chick in the above photo. The other is a Great Tit
which has almost certainly fledged by now.